University of California, San Diego *University

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Foundation: 1960

Mission: UC San Diego is transforming California and a diverse global society by educating, by generating and disseminating knowledge and creative works, and by engaging in public service.

Vision: We will prepare the next generation of global leaders to channel their passions into driving innovation, fueling economic growth and making our world a better place.

History: ucsd.edu

Subordinate organizations:

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Overall percentile
1st
Research percentile
5th
Innovation percentile
1st
Societal percentile

Evolution of the institution

The following data gives a quick reading on the scientific performance in the last years. The research ranking refers to the volume, impact and quality of the institution's research output. The innovation ranking is calculated on the number of patent applications of the institution and the citations that its research output receives from patents. Finally, the societal ranking is based on the number of pages of the institution's website and the number of backlinks and mentions from social networks.

Compared to its context

The result of the evaluation of the institution can be compared to obtain a view of the country, the region to which it belongs and the institutions of the world, placing it in their respective positions.

Compared to All sectors (percentiles)
Compared to Universities sector (percentiles)

Ranks by Subject areas/categories

We have divided the scientific output of the institution into 19 large areas of knowledge and the following table shows only the ranks in different territorial domains achieved by the institution in each of the areas. For an institution to have a presence in an area, it is necessary that it exceed in the last year a minimum output threshold equivalent to twice the percentage that this area represents in the world. If you need scientific indicators on these areas visit Scopus and/or SciVal.

 
AreaWorldNorthern AmericaOECDUnited States
Agricultural and Biological Sciences +191st64th132nd61st
Arts and Humanities +49th25th46th24th
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 37th17th26th17th
Business, Management and Accounting 411th95th298th78th
Chemistry 131st54th82nd51st
Computer Science 83rd22nd35th21st
Earth and Planetary Sciences +229th46th112th43rd
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 147th35th92nd33rd
Energy 213th43rd98th40th
Engineering +112th29th49th29th
Environmental Science 465th94th241st87th
Mathematics 106th25th44th24th
Medicine +42nd24th35th23rd
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 86th27th45th26th
Physics and Astronomy 172nd67th116th65th
Psychology 41st28th40th25th
Social Sciences +150th56th121st51st
Veterinary 783rd144th485th129th

Publishing profile

These are the journals used by the institution's researchers to publish their work in the last year. The size of each circle represents the value of the SJR of the publication, and its spatial position represents its subject matter.

This visualizatión allows you to identify the knowledge areas where the institution has published, recognize the prestige of the scientific journals in which the institution knowledge has been published, and identify predominant scientific communities.

Where is the institution located?

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